The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-03-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Lent and the adjournment OF Congress have
made great calm in the erS;-while busy So
cial world of the Capital. The change is es.
peeially noticeable al the White House.
which has been the scene of almost constant
and brilliant Inequalities since the beginning
ofthe season. lis mistress (siuce the depart
IRE of her mother and death of her grand
mollel) has spent most of the time at their
country home 10 which the President drives
! after the duties of be- day are over. returning
| in the morning.
Mrs Cleveland is remark ably amilb.e
| woman. ana >h,. has constant need Of this at
tribute i'll Ler present position. Every day
during the past winter she received quantities
Of notes, cards. letters, and everything else in
the shape of communication. aid. az a
young lady visiting at tie White House at
the time rcmalke ''She really tried to an
swer them all" .t'nl t!en people would
come to STE Ter at all s"lts Of incon,enent
hours and size would sometimes ask the usher
if they were old or young. If they were old
people she would 60 down to see them no
matter wiel they came.
The President is nov giving his attention
| to the selection of Interstate Commerce tom.
missionels frcm among the hundreds Of names
| that have been recommended to him. Much
of the delay in announcing The appointments
is due to lis desire to select The best possible
men for The rc>i,ions. AID in this he has
been considerably res licied hy not being
able to get tie best qualified men 10 serve at
the moderate salaries fixed by the laws.
The law pr .vlts that it shall go in!n fleet
sixteen days after it> passage. The Time will
expire on the fourth Of April, and as 1t is de-
sirable that the Commissioners should have
some time fer organization and consultation
before thai time. it is probable that the aE-
pointmentS will be Announced some time this
week. Nothing has been IN: lie known at the
White House as 10 who will constitute tie
Commission but it is the belief that Colonel
Morrison, of Illii.ni>: Judge Cooley, of MicL
igan, and Colonel Bag, Of Alabama, will be
three Of the meil s.i.ced
Some oi tie most euerge' ic and public >pr-
tied cilz.n> of Washington are Ii>cus>in, the
feasibility OF llul ling ii Carnival licre at the
conclusion OF the Ma 'ional Dill in May,
such as Annually takes place on Mard Gras
in New Orleans. Advocates of the heme
urge that unly>> Tie Carnival be pushed
through nos it will be Impossible TO Lold
one for four Years. The Presidential caH-
paign and tie il r.Ualion ceremonies will
furnish displays and draw upon private purse
strings sufficiently for the next two Years.
and the third year will Witness The grand
Knights Templir conclave. 1t is estimated
that any credita bic Carnival will necessitate
an outlay Of ,0G0. and in order TO save eX-
pense it is proposed to buy or hire the cos
TUNES and cars If tie New Orleans Knights
Of Momus and Proteus.
Capt. Eads. who was one of the best known
men in America, las been especially well
kno@ Ii in Washington for some years past
The Z Ids '!Jet.y syst. m which figured be-
fore Congress for so mai.y years, attracted
more attention than any other private or cor
porate buSine>e before that body in tie las
decade and Il half
1t is said at The MEXICAN Legation here
| that the death Of G apt. Ea,s will no; inter
fere with the status of The comcrssien made
to him by TIE Mexican Government for a
ship railway across the Peninsula of Tehaun-
tepec. The concession included both Capt.
Eads and his associates in the enterprise. and
remains in force for period of ninety lime
years. Ofcoursa his death causes some spec
ulaton as to the probable fate Ct the scheme,
as il may be very difficult to find some one
equally we'll qualified II carry ont the pro-
ject.
Mr. Conneiy, who has j Isl bean appointed
to the Mexican mission, has not declined the
honor, as was reported, but has accepted that
position. The rumor about his refusal orig.
mated in the d- satisfaction of his friends.
who are averse 10 his going there on what
they consider such inadequate compensation.
He has said on the SUBJECT ''The pay of
these positions is inst about enough TO pro-
vide decent house rent. | expect to be bank
rupted before | return. But" continued he,
Qaushing.) ''money is mol everything in this
world. you know